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2. Lithocarpus - Wikipedia

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   Lithocarpus is a genus in the beech family, Fagaceae. Trees in this genus are commonly known as the stone oaks and differ from Quercus primarily because they produce insect-pollinated flowers on erect spikes and the female flowers have short styles with punctate stigmas. At current, around 340 species have been described, [1] mostly restricted ...

3. Petrified wood - Wikipedia

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   Petrified wood (from Ancient Greek πέτρα meaning 'rock' or 'stone'; literally 'wood turned into stone'), is the name given to a special type of fossilized wood, the fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation. Petrifaction is the result of a tree or tree-like plants having been replaced by stone via a mineralization process that often ...

4. Quartz Vs. Granite: Which Stone Is Right For Your ... - AOL

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   Whereas quartz countertops are man-made, granite is a naturally occurring stone, quarried from the earth, then cut and polished into the countertop material so many know and love. Made of stern ...

5. Lithocarpus edulis - Wikipedia

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   Lithocarpus edulis. (Makino) Nakai. Lithocarpus edulis, the Japanese stone oak, is a species of stone-oak native to Japan. It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres tall. The nuts are edible for people but taste bitter. The nuts contain tannins, however soaking them in water removes them. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant.

6. Quartz - Wikipedia

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   Quartz. Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO 4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO 2. Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral ...

7. Quercus fusiformis - Wikipedia

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   Quercus fusiformis (also often referred to as Q. virginiana var. fusiformis), commonly known as escarpment live oak, plateau live oak, plateau oak, or Texas live oak, is an evergreen or nearly evergreen tree. [2] Its native range includes the Quartz Mountains and Wichita Mountains in southwestern Oklahoma, [3] through Texas, to the Mexican ...

8. Aqeeq - Wikipedia

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   Aqeeq, akik or aqiq (Arabic: العقيق) means quartz in Arabic, and agate in Turkish, however in the context of rings usually refers to a ring set with a chalcedony stone. Well-known types of chalcedony are carnelian, agate, and onyx. It is considered a semi-precious gem stone, and rings set with golden-orange variety of carnelian or sard ...

9. Lithocarpus cleistocarpus - Wikipedia

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   Lithocarpus cleistocarpus. Synaedrys cleistocarpa (Seemen) Koidz. Quercus fragifera Franch. Synaedrys wilsonii (Seemen) Koidz. Lithocarpus cleistocarpus (common name, tanbark oak) is a species of stone-oak native to China. The flowers are white, and the nuts are flat, contained in a capsule. The tree is grown as an ornamental plant .